'She doesn't get another childhood': The lives on hold waiting for wheelchairs

Wren has cerebral palsy, affecting her speech, all four of her limbs and her posture, meaning she needs help with everyday activities.

At home, the 11-year-old uses an NHS manual self-propelled chair. It took more than a year to get this chair, well over the NHS's official target of 18 weeks.

While Wren's mum, Anna, says the arrival of her NHS chair was greatly received, Wren will soon grow out of it.

Anna also told the BBC it's heavy and cumbersome, meaning Wren can only self-propel it a few metres before she needs help.

The family turned to Whizz Kidz when they were told Wren is not eligible for a powered wheelchair through the NHS.

Whizz Kidz provided her with a chair to use at school, but her family is worried that Wren will soon outgrow that chair too.

Using her powered wheelchair at school is "one way for her to assert her independence," Anna says. "She has great fun whizzing around."

But the family is unsure when they'll get a new one when she grows, given the back-log at the charity.

"I don't want Wren's world to get smaller as she gets bigger," Anna says.

"She doesn't get another childhood and we want to keep the options open for her for whatever she wants to do."

Read the full article by Munaza Rafiq, Disability Producer, BBC News